The 2016–17 season (officially known as ''Liga de Plata'' and also as ''Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez'') will be
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Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to
Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
The ''Primera División'' of the (''Professional Football League''), more commonly known as ''La Liga Mayor'' or ''La Primera'', is the top professional association football, football league in El Salvador.
It was established in 1969, and in 2 ...
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Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons
Teams promoted to
2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season
The 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 18th season and 35th and 36th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza ...
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C.D. Municipal Limeño
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Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2016
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Atletico Marte
Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016
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Ciclón del Golfo
Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016
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Turin FESA
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Jocoro F.C.
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Rácing Jr
New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division
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Brujos de Izalco
Brujos Mario Calvo de Izalco are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Izalco, Sonsonate.
The club currently plays in the Segunda División de El Salvador.
History
The club purchased the license of Quequeisque F.C. to participate i ...
(Quequeisque changed their name and location to Brujos de Izalco)
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EF San Pablo Tacachico (originally de-registered but bought the spot of Toros FC)
Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2016
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EF San Pablo Tacachico (Team de-registered due to breaking player rules)
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C.D. Brasilia
Club Deportivo Brasilia, usually known simply as Brasilia are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Suchitoto, El Salvador. They currently play in the Tercera Division.
History
In 1960, a group met in Suchitoto city hall and decided ...
(Team de-registered due to not paying their debts)
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C.D. UDET (they were given a spot from Brasilia who had failed to pay their debts, however since they had formally joined terceea division they were not allowed)
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Toros
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*Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, an American soccer team in Edinburg, Texas
* Austin Toros (2005-2014) a minor league basketball team from Austin, Texas
*Western District Toros, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia
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(sold their spot to San Pablo)
Team information
A total of 23 teams will contest the league, including sides from the
2015–16 Segunda División
The 2015–16 Segunda División season, also known as Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th since its establishment.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 22 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the ...
and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division.
Teams
Managerial changes
Apertura 2016
Group A
Results
Group B
Results
Group C
Results
Final Series
Finals
First leg
Second leg
''Independiente won 3-1 on aggregate.''
Individual awards
Clausura 2017
Group A
Results
Group B
Results
Group C
Results
Final Series
Finals
First leg
Second leg
''Audaz won 4-1 on aggregate.''
Individual awards
Relegation table
The three teams that finished last in their respective group would normally be relegated . However, all three teams will play a series of home and away games and only two will be relegated to the Tercera Division this season.
Platense finished top and survived relegation. While
Vendaval and
Leones de Occidente were relegated.
External links
* https://archive.today/20130807152309/http://www.futbolsv.com/category/segunda-division/
* http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/category/nacional/segunda-division-nacional/
* http://www.edhdeportes.com/futbol-nacional/segunda-division/
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